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· 2 min read

Changes compared to 17.8.6 and 17.9.5

  • Change identification that Comet reports to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

New Features

  • Bulk Update
  • Option to skip this scheduled backup if a job is already running for the same Protected Item and Storage Vault
  • Option to stop a scheduled backup if it runs for longer than a certain time limit
  • Browse and create new B2 buckets from within Comet Backup
  • Allow editing email addresses from within Comet Backup
  • New account policy option to prevent editing email addresses within Comet Backup
  • New account policy option to prevent end-users from opening the Comet Backup application interface
  • Options to display Protected Item count, Storage Vault count, Storage Vault quota, and online device count on the Users page in Comet Server
  • Display current/outdated software version status on the homepage online status widget in Comet Server

· One min read

Changes compared to 17.9.3

New Features

  • Change user account password in Comet Backup
  • Policy option to prevent changing user account passwords
  • Policy option to prevent viewing other device computer names
  • Advanced option to remotely unlock Storage Vault for a live-connected device

· One min read

Changes compared to 17.8.4

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue that could cause failure to generate packindexes
  • Fix an issue with "unsupported configuration option" errors after changing Protected Item types in Comet Backup for Windows
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with extra popup dialog when importing settings from other products in Comet Backup
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with not removing progress bar from the Comet Backup interface when dismissing an import progress dialog

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 17.8.5 and 17.9.2

New Features

  • Start a restore on Comet Backup, remotely via Comet Server's web interface
  • Option to hide Comet logo in the top-right corner of the Comet Backup interface
  • Allow editing Before/After commands in Comet Backup

· One min read

Changes compared to 17.8.3

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with backing up default database instances on SQL Server
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with "Unsolicited response received on idle HTTP channel" errors in the Comet Server log file

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 17.8.4 and 17.9.1

New Features

  • German translation
  • French translation
  • Support Comet Backup for Linux on ARM CPU (armv7l +vfp)
  • Display replication speed and ETA in Comet Server
  • Display change-direction indicator for the replication queue in Comet Server

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 17.9.0

New Features

  • New Spanish translation
  • Option to revoke a device from Comet Server
  • Policy option to prevent users from deleting single snapshots from a Storage Vault
  • Display live upload/download amounts in Comet Backup during backup and restore tasks
  • Display live progress status in Comet Server for user's backup and restore tasks

· One min read

Changes compared to 17.8.2

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with cancelling backup and restore operations in Comet Backup
  • Fix an issue with not measuring vault size or reporting some statistics if a backup job encountered an unexpected error
  • Fix an issue with "actions is not defined" error messages when searching job history by date range in Comet Server
  • Fix an issue with reauthentication to Backblaze B2 storage destinations
  • Fix an issue with not reporting upload statistics for FTP storage destinations
  • Fix an issue with "Exception 0xC000001D" errors when installing Comet on a x86_64 CPU without AVX or FMA3 support
  • Fix an issue with slightly underreporting download statistics for storage vaults on Azure Blob Storage
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with insufficient detail in error messages when an upload to Comet Server fails after a number of retries
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with corner image dimensions in Comet Backup
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with multiple error messages appearing on a single line when a backup job is interrupted in Comet Backup

· One min read

Changes compared to 17.8.3

New Features

  • Italian translation
  • Copy and paste Protected Item configurations between devices and accounts in Comet Server
  • Support multiple SSL certificates on the same IP/port pair in Comet Server